John william pritchbtt



(No Model.)

J. PRITCHETTP FASTENING FOR GLOVES, BOOTS; &0.

N0. 269,706. P6L13611t6d-D60.Z6, 1882.

N. PETERS, PhDlD-Lilhcgnphur. Washingion. D. C

Miran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WILLIAM IRITOHE'IT, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

FASTENING FOR GLOVES, BOOTS, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 269,706, dated December 26, 18& 2.

Application filed June 21, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN WILLIAM Pal roe- 1 ]T'I,Of London, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fasteners for Gloves, Boots or Shoes, Stays, and other Articles of Wearing'Apparel. (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, hearing date the 29th day of March, A. D. 1882, No. 1,531,) of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal'section taken central y through the same. Fig. 3is'a top or plan view with the tongue engaged by the spring'catch. Fig. 4 is aspi ing-catch, with a modified construction of catch.

My invention relates to that class of fasteners in which a tongue or lever is pivoted to a plate and the latter secured to the article to be fastened at one side of the opening therein, so

' that by passing the hinged tongue through an eye in the article at the opposite side of the said opening the edges of the article can be drawn together and the tongue then locked down upon the plate.

The object of my improvement is to provide a simple, convenient, and efficient fastening device for a variety of articles of wear, and especially for securing gloves at the wrist.

To such end my invention consistsin a fastener comprising a bed-plate provided with a hinged tongue, and a spring-catch consisting of a slide-bar having a catch for engaging the free end of thetongue, and a spring located within a recess in the bed-plate and adapted to cause the catch to automatically engage the tongue, all of which will be more fully hereinafter explained:

In the drawings, A indicates the metal bed plate, which can be of rectangular, oval, or other shape, as may be desired. This bed-plate is provided with a. spring-catch consisting of a sliding bar or catch proper, B, arranged to slide in a suitable guideway or recess in the bed-plate, and having its inner or shank end surrounded by a spring, 0, which is located in said recess, and arranged to press at one end against a shoulder on the sliding latch, so as to throw the latch forward.

The recess or guideway in which the spring Patented in England March 29, 1882, No. 1,531.

and the rear end of the catch are inclosed can be conveniently formed-by making a depression, a, in the plate and then applying a'capplate, D, over said depression. The forward end of the catch, which projects from the bedplate, is provided with a curved finger, b, extending laterally from the top or outer side of the catch, said finger being formed by bend.- ing back the outer end of the catch and'then bending a portion of said end at right angles to the catch; or said finger can be made separately and secured to the catch. The catch or tongue E is hinged at one end to the bed-plate, at one end of the latter, and is formed so that when swung down upon the bed-plate its free end, which is provided with an opening, e, shall be engaged by the fingerb of the catch.

The bed-plate is provided with tangs F for fastening it to the article requiring a fastener; or said bed-plate can be provided with perforations and sewed to the article by passing the threads through said perforations.

In the drawings, G G respectively indicate the meeting edges to be drawn together and secured by my improved fastener, one of said parts being provided with an eye, H, through which the tongue is passed, so as to make the operator to draw the edges together. After the tongue has been passed'through said eye it can be swung down toward the bed-plate, so that when one edge oftheopening in the tongue strikes the finger b on the spring-latch the latter will be pressed back until said finger is in position to enter the opening on the tongue, after which the catch will spring forward as soon as the tongue is welldown, thereby automaticall y locking the tongue. I

To unlock the tongue it will only be necessary to push back the latch and raise the tongue, so that the latter can he slipped out ofthe eye in the glove or other article.

In Fig. 4thecatch is provided at its outer end with a ring or eye, I,having a beveled edge, '4',

against which the endofthe tongue willstrikc when the said tongueis swung down, and thereby throw the catch out, so as to allow the end of the tongue to pass through the ring I. In this case the spring is a retractile spring, whereby, after the free end of the tongue has entered ring I, the spring will draw the catch back, and thereby lock the tongue. As shown in the drawings, the tongue has a bend, 6, so as to allow space between the tongue and the top of the bed-plate for theedge ofthe article through which thetongue passes,

It preferred, a plate, K, can he applied to the article of wear on the side opposite to that on which the fastener is located, and the tangs passed through openings in said plate and then clamped thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A fastener for articles of wear, comprising a bed-plate provided with a hinged tongue and a spring-catch consisting of a slide-bar having a catch for engagingthel'ree end ot'the tongue,

and a spring located within a recessin the bedplate and adapted to cause the catch to automatically engage the tongue, said bed-plate being applied near one edge of the article to he fastened, and the tongue being adapted to pass through an eye located near theopposite edge of the article, substantially as descrihed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN WILLIAM PRITGHETT.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN T. KNOWLES, JOSEPH SMrrI-I,

Both ofS Southampton Buildings, London. 

